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Facebook Changing Rules for Its Trending Topics
Source: ABC Radio


Just because all your friends are talking about it, doesn’t make it true.

That’s the concept behind tweaks Facebook is making to its algorithm to make sure trending topics aren’t lies.

To weed out fake news and make sure real news gets through, Facebook is inserting genuine news stories from established media outlets.

The social network also plans to stop pulling in trending topics from a single source to prevent falsehoods from going viral, and will no longer personalize lists based on users’ interests. Instead, everyone will get the same topics.


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